jockey club , whose main interest was securing legislation to allow par ##im ##ut ##uel betting at the state ' s horse racetrack ##s . the jockey club ran a candidate in both parties ' primary elections . in the democratic primary beck ##ham defeated the club ' s relatively obscure candidate , robert t . crowe . fl ##em d . sampson , the club ' s nominee in the republican primary , won his party ' s nomination . in the general election beck ##ham could not secure the support of democratic governor william j . fields , who had been elected with the help of the jockey club . despite the democrats winning every other contest on the ballot , including the race for lieutenant
jockey club, whose main interest was securing legislation to allow parimutuel betting at the state's horse racetracks. the jockey club ran a candidate in both parties'primary elections. in the democratic primary beckham defeated the club's relatively obscure candidate, robert t. crowe. flem d. sampson, the club's nominee in the republican primary, won his party's nomination. in the general election beckham could not secure the support of democratic governor william j. fields, who had been elected with the help of the jockey club. despite the democrats winning every other contest on the ballot, including the race for lieutenant